The Social Justice Roots Of The Mentors In Violence Prevention Model And Its Application In A High School Setting

Authors

Jackson Katz, MVP Strategies
H. Alan Heisterkamp, Waitt Institute for Violence PreventionFollow
Wm Michael Fleming, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Keywords

adolescents, bystander, gender violence, MVP

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Violence Against Women

Volume

17

Issue

6

First Page

684

Last Page

702

Abstract

The social justice roots and theory of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) model is presented, followed by an empirical study examining the influence of MVP in high school settings. Findings reveal students exposed to the MVP model are more likely to see forms of violence as being wrong and are more likely to take actions to intervene than students not exposed to the program. Findings support the premises on which MVP is founded. © The Author(s) 2011.

Department

School of Applied Human Sciences

Original Publication Date

6-1-2011

DOI of published version

10.1177/1077801211409725

Recommended Citation

Katz, Jackson; Heisterkamp, H. Alan; and Fleming, Wm Michael, "The Social Justice Roots Of The Mentors In Violence Prevention Model And Its Application In A High School Setting" (2011). Faculty Publications. 1929.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/1929